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    humiliate
    /hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪt/

    verb

    • 1. make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride: "you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHUMILIATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    HUMILIATE definition: 1. to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself: 2. to make someone feel…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › humiliateHumiliate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : to reduce (someone) to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : to make (someone) ashamed or embarrassed : mortify. hoped they wouldn't humiliate themselves in their next game. accused her of humiliating him in public. feel so humiliated. humiliation. hyü-ˌmi-lē-ˈā-shən. yü- noun. Synonyms. abase. chasten. cheapen. debase. degrade.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › humiliateHUMILIATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Humiliate definition: to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity. . See examples of HUMILIATE used in a sentence.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › humiliateHumiliate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Humiliate means to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, often publicly. It would humiliate all but the most self-assured person to realize that everyone else in the room has noticed their fly is down.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHUMILIATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    HUMILIATE meaning: 1. to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself: 2. to make someone feel…. Learn more.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionhumiliate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    humiliate somebody/yourself/something to make somebody feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people. I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues. I've never felt so humiliated. How could I humiliate myself like that? The party was humiliated in the recent elections.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › humiliateHumiliate - definition of humiliate by The Free Dictionary

    Define humiliate. humiliate synonyms, humiliate pronunciation, humiliate translation, English dictionary definition of humiliate. tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed , hu·mil·i·at·ing , hu·mil·i·ates To cause to feel a loss of pride, dignity, or self-respect: humiliated him with a contemptuous...

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › humiliateHumiliate Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Humiliate definition: To cause (someone) to feel a loss of pride, dignity, or self-respect.

  10. www.dictionary.com › browse › humiliateHUMILIATE Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use humiliate in a sentence The same massive evidence trove body cameras create can, if used selectively, humiliate and indict average citizens.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHUMILIATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    HUMILIATION definition: 1. the feeling of being ashamed or losing respect for yourself, or an occasion when you have this…. Learn more.